Show I makes might and andin Let us bave have faith that right in iii that faith let us us to the tho end dare to do our dut duty as we vo understand it Lincoln National Prohibition I A A MIGHTY step forward is recorded ed by the tile United ft Ti States as the tho required number of states ratify the tue r prohibition amendment to the tho federal constitution At the same time the prohibition states are arc relieved of one of tho most vexing problems with which the they have had to con contend lend during during- the past few years National prohibition pro- pro t. t is bound to be effective striking as it IL does at tile the root of the evil the manufacture of liquor Many fan of our states state have hn had prohibition for fur some years but hut it Im ImoS failed of a rigid enforcement because J of 01 surreptitious shipments from wet territory Notwithstanding Not Not- withstanding th the tho fact that states have ha made maile head m headway it long ago became apparent that e i prohibition would have ye to be applied on national lines Jines J With AVith the ratification tion of the prohibition amendment this stage is' is reached z Whatever cr may be said in defense of the thc liquor 0 business the preponderance e of tile the evidence e is against ag it it More ore failures in life lifa can trace their downfall to the liquor traffic than to any other source of evil c The men who have c argued strongest concerning concerning- their individual huh indi- vidual ri rights are arc the ones who have ha been heen least able ahle to Cr 4 protect them They rhey are arc the tile men who have ha had hall the least re regards ards for the rights of their women and chil- chil dren c If all aU men were fair fail and auel honest with their depend depend- and capable of or protecting them themselves el els s in the hatI hat bat I Itic tic lie W with Ul booze there would be he little hittie need of prohibition uC ic tion either state or 01 national Since however howe many j men Inch lack the desired ideal in character the tue weak must be lie e guided by hy the tue trong strong The claim can no iio lon longer er he be made that prohibition is the hobby hobb of cranks crank for it lias bas been made e apparent throughout the nation that tile the thet tv respectable t citizenship wants ants to lo see sec the e end d of or the tile crimes and anel sufferings which follow in the tile wake of the liquor traffic The nation nahon cannot be he wor worse vore e for having ha c adopted better habits ts of li living lg |